Raul Meireles sees red mist again as others pay the penalty

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Fenerbahçe hung on after the fourth-minute dismissal of Raul Meireles, the
former Liverpool and Chelsea player, to draw 0-0 away to BATE Borisov in the
first leg of their Europa League round-of-32 tie last night.

Meireles was sent off for a foul on Aleksandr Hleb, the former Arsenal player,
but the home side struggled to make their advantage count.

In December, the Portuguese midfielder was given an 11-game suspension for
spitting at a referee, only for the ban to be reduced to four matches when
it was decided that he had merely abused the official verbally.